RecordAugust 2020Maternal and child
Sikkim: low-birth-weight share of 12.1% in August 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
What happened
- August 2020
- 12.1%
- series start 2017-04
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Why it matters
A record says how long it has been since the series was this high or this low. It puts a single value in the context of the whole published history.
For low-birth-weight share, lower is better. This movement is therefore assessed as a deterioration.
Historical context
40 consecutive earlier months were lower.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | 12.1% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, August 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/E-Aug.xlsx: ('4.4.2' Number of newborns having weight less than 2.5 kg) / ('4.4.1' Number of newborns weighed at birth) × 100; column "Sikkim", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for low-birth-weight share in Sikkim
- Sikkim: low-birth-weight share in September 2020 was 6.4%, below the 3-year median of 9.2% for the same month (−2.8 points).
- Sikkim: low-birth-weight share in August 2020 was 12.1%, above the 3-year median of 7.8% for the same month (+4.2 points).
- Sikkim: low-birth-weight share in June 2020 was 3.3%, below the 3-year median of 7.8% for the same month (−4.5 points).
- Sikkim: low-birth-weight share of 3.3% in June 2020 is the lowest since February 2019.
- Sikkim: low-birth-weight share in April 2020 was 11.0%, above the 3-year median of 6.2% for the same month (+4.7 points).
- Sikkim: low-birth-weight share rose to 10.5% in February 2020, against 2.8% a year earlier (+7.7 points).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Sikkim: low-birth-weight share of 12.1% in August 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, August 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/low-birth-weight-share--sikkim--2020-08--record
See also Sikkim and 12.1% in context.